Teacher Compensation

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Jan 15, 6:39 AM:
If teachers are worth expensive monitoring, then the newest among them also are worth incremental pay raises that put the American dream within their reach. The problem is real. The U.S. Department of Education calculated last year >

Jan 11, 7:09 AM:
Public schools in Indiana are poised to get more money over the next two years, but the proposal — a key piece of Gov. Eric Holcomb's budget proposal released Thursday — still makes no guarantees of a raise for >

Jan 8, 6:42 AM:
Indiana House Republicans put the state’s teacher shortage front and center for their 2019 legislative agenda Monday with a strategy to increase educator salaries that leans on public school districts but stops short of committing >

Dec 20, 6:47 AM:
Ending some of South Carolina’s merit-based college scholarships so teachers can be free from student debt and using tax credits as a backdoor way to boost their pay are among dozens of education proposals pre-filed by House >

Oct 23, 6:38 AM:
The teachers union with support from the state Superintendent of Public Instruction now has us, the taxpayer, where they want us. Due to a poorly thought-out school funding scheme and mismanagement of funds at the district level >

Oct 12, 7:21 AM:
At 180 public schools in New York City, many in the Bronx, hiring and keeping teachers is a constant struggle. These are schools that are in some of the poorest neighborhoods and are often a long trek from the nearest subway >

Oct 10, 7:00 AM:
A lawsuit to get rid of the state’s teacher bonus program heads to mediation next month, naming the Volusia County school district as one of many defendants — which is ironic, because Volusia also wants to see the program end, so >

Jun 4, 7:45 AM:
American teachers are angry. They have taken to the streets in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, Colorado — and more recently in North Carolina. Dissent is building in Louisiana and Nevada, too.

Jun 1, 7:22 AM:
This spring’s teacher walkouts have spurred renewed attention to the question of teacher pay. The topic is a serious one, warranting the extensive reportage it’s received. At times, however, the media’s progressive sympathies, the >

May 31, 7:16 AM:
After shutting down schools and shaking up politics in six states, teachers are looking to the ballot box in their campaign for better pay and increased school funding. And their demands are meeting with widespread public >

May 29, 7:21 AM:
In late February, Hoxie and other teachers in Oklahoma closely followed the nine-day teachers’ strike in West Virginia, which was prompted by low pay and insufficient health-care plans; the strike ended when the state legislature >

May 23, 7:30 AM:
Responding to teacher walkouts across the country, congressional Democrats on Tuesday proposed raising teachers’ salaries by canceling the tax cut for the nation’s top 1 percent of earners.

May 22, 7:27 AM:
20,000 North Carolina teachers took to the streets of Raleigh for what was billed as a march and rally against low wages and underfunded schools. It was neither. “My heart goes out to the teachers that did turn out for the rally. >

May 22, 7:26 AM:
As usual, the politics of education lately seem like they’re all about the grown-ups. Teachers unions hope their walkouts in states like Arizona, Kentucky and Oklahoma will turn red states blue in 2018, while others foresee a >

May 16, 7:03 AM:
Thousands of North Carolina classrooms will be empty Wednesday as teachers march on the State Capitol in Raleigh for better pay and more funding for schools. Dozens of school districts in the area, including Charlotte-Mecklenburg >

May 3, 6:53 AM:
The Detroit school board has approved plans to give bonuses to veteran district teachers as well as give credit for previous classroom experience to educators, union officials confirmed Wednesday.